“While you go through life, stay within the consciousness of the container and contain everything that appears. Contain it like a pail contains water, or like a flower pot contains soil. Water does not change the form or color of a pail; soil does not change the structure or form of a pot. A container is. You will discover that in this world there is nothing to fight against and nothing to resist, because you contain all of it!” The Grandmothers in “Our Love is Our Power”, around p. 35

Life as a container might sound passive or boring, but it is in fact both peaceful and powerful. It’s true, it is not powerful in the yang sense of the word, where one can see direct results such as chopping down a tree or sabotaging machinery that is meant to be used to chop down the tree. But it is powerful in a broader, more diffuse sense: yin-power is the power of love. The results of yin-power may be slower and they are certainly less linear, but yin-power does generate results. We simply need to look at those results through a different set of glasses, with a different measuring stick.

It is extremely difficult to describe yin-power in words because words are essentially a yang, left-brain construction. But sometimes that which we cannot describe is what generates the most powerful and moving experience.

Today, look at your circumstances from the point of view of the container. What difficulties can you simply embrace without needing to change them?

Golden Eagle Feather

Golden eagle feathers are used in Native American ceremonies. The Grandmothers gave me the name "Golden Eagle Feather" before I knew anything about golden eagles. I'm growing into the name slowly. I offer my words here to anyone seeking love, rest and connection to the Divine.

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